MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. MERCURY CONSTRUCTION CORP. (1983)

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MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. MERCURY CONSTRUCTION CORP.
Term: 1982
Important Dates
Argued: November 2, 1982
Decided: February 23, 1983
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

MOSES H. CONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. MERCURY CONSTRUCTION CORP. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 23, 1983. The case was argued before the court on November 2, 1982.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the North Carolina Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: review of non-final order
  • Petitioner: Hospital, medical center
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Construction industry
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 460 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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